Chapter Summaries

Fairy Honglian explained to Yang Tianyou how the Three Realms discovered the Original Devil Race and the Ancient God Realm, leading to a three-sided war over fragments of the shattered Original Demon Realm. She revealed that the Ninefold Universe Continent was one such fragment, now a battlefield where all three universes fought.

• Yang Tianyou said the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons came from beyond their realm, and Honglian asked him where those lands were.
• Honglian traced the Three Realms' origins to Pangu's creation and recounted how the Original Devil Race invaded, only to be driven back by the united Three Realms.
• Honglian explained that Lady Nüwa led powerful Three Realms experts into the Original Demon Realm and shattered much of it.
• The Ancient God Realm joined forces with the Original Demon Realm against the Three Realms, turning the conflict into a struggle among three universes.
• Honglian explained that the factions fought over fragments containing precious Origin Power, including the Ninefold Universe Continent where Yang Tianyou stood.

Yang Tianyou arrived at Cangwu City and chose the Individual Battlefield before parting ways with his family. He reached a gathering place for Body Integration Cultivators and learned that preparations were underway to send them to the Inner Periphery.

• Honglian brought Yang Tianyou and the Blackstone Prefecture cultivators to Cangwu City, where Yang Tianyou registered and chose the Individual Battlefield.
• Yang Tiankang and the other Yang Household Members decided to separate from Yang Tianyou, and the group parted ways.
• Yang Tianyou followed the passage to a valley gathering place and observed the cultivators there and the Devil Qi permeating the Extraterrestrial Battlefield.
• A Half-Demon maid told Yang Tianyou that the Body Integration Cultivators had to wait until enough people gathered and emergency preparations were ready for their journey to the Inner Periphery.
• Two middle-aged men approached Yang Tianyou, and after he declined, one of them pulled the Half-Demon maid into his arms.

Yang Tianyou met the Bai brothers before the newcomers underwent a combat power assessment for the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. His test revealed that he had integrated body great perfection combat power, and he left the palace drawing attention from the other cultivators.

• Yang Tianyou introduced himself to Bai Yang and Bai Long, then chatted with them over tea.
• A Tribulation Transcendence cultivator explained that the newcomers would be assessed so elite squads could judge their combat strength.
• Bai Long entered the testing palace, and his results and those of two other cultivators appeared above it.
• Chen Lan tested at integrated body great perfection combat power, prompting veteran cultivators to gather around her.
• Yang Tianyou entered the palace and used a blade to defeat his opponent without concealing his strength.
• The palace announced that Great White had integrated body great perfection combat power as a dual spell-and-body cultivator and Blade Cultivator, and Yang Tianyou emerged to awed gazes.

After arriving at the Yellow Swallow Mountains, Yang Tianyou learned about the battlefield and its squads as cultivators competed to recruit him. Long Kuang invited him to join the renowned Hongya Squad, while Chen Lan was turned down, and Yang Tianyou followed Long Kuang to meet the squad.

• The newcomers teleported to the Yellow Swallow Mountains, where a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator escorted them to a hall filled with thousands of Body Integration Cultivators.
• The cultivator announced that two newcomers had Body Integration Great Perfection combat strength, drawing squads eager to recruit Yang Tianyou and Chen Lan.
• A young woman tried to recruit Yang Tianyou into the Windblade Squad, but he held back while assessing the offer.
• Long Kuang of the Hongya Squad invited Yang Tianyou to fill a vacancy left by a fallen member, and Yang Tianyou recognized the squad's reputation.
• Chen Lan offered to join the Hongya Squad as a Formation Master, but Long Kuang said the squad already had one and wanted Yang Tianyou as a front-line Combat Cultivator.
• Yang Tianyou followed Long Kuang toward the Hongya Squad's private lounge, noticing that many cultivators in the hall had at least Body Integration Late Stage combat strength.

Yang Tianyou met the members of the Hongya Squad and learned about their abilities and reputations. The squad welcomed him with a feast at the New Moon Cave Abode, leaving Jie Yuan to pay the bill.

• Jie Yuan checked Yang Tianyou’s information and welcomed him as the new teammate the squad had been missing.
• Hong Ya, Kumao, Duo Ling, and Red Hawk arrived, and Yang Tianyou learned about their cultivation paths, combat strengths, and reputations.
• Red Hawk welcomed Yang Tianyou, while Kumao and Duo Ling agreed that his strength made him a suitable addition to the squad.
• Hong Ya proposed celebrating Yang Tianyou’s arrival at the New Moon Cave Abode, and the squad discovered it was Jie Yuan’s turn to treat.
• The Hongya Squad left for the restaurant and enjoyed a costly welcome feast.

Yang Tianyou joined Hongya Squad for a trial run in the Yellow Swallow Mountains before they would consider taking him to the more dangerous Hidden Star Lake. As the squad set out, Yang Tianyou recognized the extraordinary nature of their Shelter Room, strengthening their belief that he could replace their fallen close-combat fighter, Chi Heng.

• Hong Ya explained that Yang Tianyou would train in the Yellow Swallow Mountains before the squad decided whether to bring him to Hidden Star Lake, and Yang Tianyou accepted the test.
• Two days later, Hongya Squad departed the Safe Zone Gathering Place in a Flying Boat after purchasing supplies.
• Jie Yuan warned Yang Tianyou that powerful Devil Beasts made the Extraterrestrial Battlefield dangerous, even for Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• Hong Ya ordered Duo Ling to take Yang Tianyou into the Shelter Room while she stayed behind to control the Flying Boat.
• Yang Tianyou sensed the wooden pavilion's immense, indestructible nature, prompting Jie Yuan and the others to praise his perception and Kumao to say he could replace Chi Heng.

Yang Tianyou traveled with the Hongya Squad toward the Yellow Swallow Mountains inside their armored pavilion. Elsewhere, Morati betrayed his companions after a battle and headed toward Hidden Star Lake, where he detected a human Flying Boat and decided to attack it.

• Jie Yuan explained that the Hongya Squad’s pavilion had once been a High-Grade Spirit Treasure and could withstand a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator’s attack.
• The Hongya Squad crossed the safe zone and reached the Yellow Swallow Mountains without incident.
• Morati gave Agana and the other Devils meager shares of the spoils from their battle, then drove them away when they challenged him.
• Morati decided to leave the Yellow Swallow Mountains for Hidden Star Lake and set out in his egg-shaped Devil Race Flying Boat.
• Morati detected a human Flying Boat and resolved to attack it.

Hongya Squad was ambushed in the Yellow Swallow Mountains by Morati, a Devil Race fighter who trapped them in a Demon Spider Cage and deployed forty-two Death-Ray Demon Eyes. The chapter ended as Hongya attacked the cage and Morati ordered the eyes to fire at him.

• Black-purple beams destroyed Hongya Squad’s Flying Boat, and the group emerged from the pavilion to confront the ambush.
• A Demon Spider Cage formed around the squad, and Hongya released his Spirit Beasts as his companions recognized the danger.
• The squad identified the cage and forty-two Death-Ray Demon Eyes as Devil Race weapons capable of threatening Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• Hongya merged with his Spirit Beasts, transformed into a giant, and struck the Demon Spider Cage in an attempt to break it.
• Morati revealed himself inside an egg-shaped Flying Boat and commanded all forty-two Death-Ray Demon Eyes to fire at Hongya.

Red Hawk led the squad against Morati’s Demon Puppets while Hong Ya remained trapped under the Death-Ray Demon Eyes. After the squad destroyed the Puppets, Morati judged the fight too risky and retreated, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Morati trapped Yang Tianyou, Jie Yuan, and the others in the Demon Spider Cage and sent five hundred Demon Puppets to attack them while the Death-Ray Demon Eyes threatened Hong Ya.
• Red Hawk used a damaged Ninth Tier Formation Disc to strike down more than twenty Demon Puppets and split the rest into two groups.
• Jie Yuan summoned the Heaven-Swallowing Insect, and Red Hawk formed two peak Eighth Tier Formations to contain the Puppets.
• Yang Tianyou charged his Life-and-Death Blade, then swept its Life-and-Death Wheel through one Formation while Kumao and Long Kuang helped destroy the remaining Puppets there.
• Red Hawk gathered the shattered Puppet parts, and Morati, realizing he could not defeat the squad without risking heavy losses, withdrew in his egg-shaped Flying Boat.

After a clash with a powerful Devil Race enemy, Yang Tianyou joined the Hongya Squad’s two-year training in the Yellow Swallow Mountains and discovered he could profit by purifying Devil-contaminated resources. The squad reached Hidden Star Lake, where a Saw-scaled Beast attacked their Flying Boat.

• The Devil Race enemy retreated, and Hongya used Jie Yuan’s Demon-Expelling Talisman to clear the lingering Devil Qi.
• Yang Tianyou realized the Primordial Black Hole could purify Devil-contaminated resources, and considered cautiously buying and reselling them.
• Hongya chose to keep the squad training in the Yellow Swallow Mountains for two years, where Yang Tianyou learned battlefield basics and demonstrated his demon-expelling ability.
• The squad celebrated before leaving the Yellow Swallow Mountains and traveling to Hidden Star Lake.
• As the Flying Boat entered Hidden Star Lake, it was shaken by a Saw-scaled Beast, and Red Hawk warned everyone to prepare for battle.

Hongya Squad defeated a Saw-scaled Beast, then accepted a Battlefield Badge distress call and hurried to rescue five Spirit Tribe Cultivators fighting the Three-Eyed God Race. The chapter ended as Hongya Squad arrived and a graceful figure confronted the Three-Eyed attackers.

• Hongya Squad killed a Saw-scaled Beast that tried to attack their Flying Boat, and Hongya collected its corpse for Yang Tianyou to purge of Devil Qi.
• Hongya Squad discussed the dangers of Hidden Star Lake and continued searching for prey while concealed.
• Hongya's Battlefield Badge received a distress call from nearby Cultivators, and the squad voted to go to their aid despite Duo Ling and Kumao's objections.
• Hongya piloted the Flying Boat northeast toward the rescue coordinates, about eleven thousand li away.
• Five Spirit Tribe Cultivators fought the Three-Eyed God Race in a rubble field until a graceful figure appeared and blocked the enemy leader's attack with an Array Mark shield.

Hongya Squad rescued five Spirit Tribe cultivators from four members of the Three-Eyed God Race, killing two enemies as the rest fled. The Spirit Tribe revealed that they had found a Natural Secret Realm and offered to share it with their rescuers.

• Hong Ya led Hongya Squad in attacking the weakened Three-Eyed God Race, while Jie Yuan’s poison disrupted their Divine Power.
• Hongya Squad killed Mingluo and broke through the enemy’s defenses, forcing the three survivors to flee using a Space Dao Divine Crystal.
• Red Hawk broke the spatial restraints with a Formation Disc, and Yang Tianyou and Jie Yuan pursued and killed one fleeing member of the Three-Eyed God Race.
• Yang Tianyou took the corpse to strengthen his Life-and-Death Blade, with Jie Yuan agreeing to deduct its value from his share of the gains.
• Jie Yuan and Yang Tianyou learned that the Spirit Tribe had been injured by Mutant Beasts in a Natural Secret Realm, which the five brothers offered to share.

The Hongya Squad joined Yan Ju and the other Spirit Tribe members to hunt the exotic beasts guarding a Secret Realm that might contain Universe Origin Crystal. Their ambush killed one leader, and Yang Tianyou’s newly strengthened Life-and-Death Blade crushed a Body Integration Great Perfection beast as the battle continued.

• Yan Ju told the Hongya Squad that a Secret Realm held likely Universe Origin Crystal and was guarded by exotic beasts, so Hongya planned an attack.
• Yan Ju led the group into the Secret Realm, where they found abundant exotic beasts and approached the thirteen dark-purple lion-like creatures.
• Hongya ordered everyone to focus their first assault on the male leader, and their combined attacks destroyed him and his soul.
• Hongya engaged the female leader while Yang Tianyou and the others attacked the remaining beasts.
• Yang Tianyou unleashed his empowered Life-and-Death Blade, crushing a Body Integration Great Perfection lion-like beast and astonishing the group.

Yang Tianyou and the two squads defeated the strange beasts, found and divided the Universe Origin Crystals, and agreed to join forces. After six months of gathering resources across the Secret Realm, they returned to the gathering point, where Yang Tianyou entered a shop dealing in materials contaminated by Devil Qi.

• Yang Tianyou and Long Kuang killed their strange beast, then helped Hong Ya's group defeat the remaining beasts and their leader.
• Hong Ya led the group into a cave, where they found sixteen lightning-attributed Universe Origin Crystals growing on an ancient tree; they divided the crystals and collected the tree with its roots.
• Yan Ju proposed an alliance, and Hong Ya's squad agreed after discussing it and deciding to require a contract.
• The two squads signed the alliance contract and spent six months harvesting the Secret Realm's resources and killing its strange beasts.
• The squads returned to the gathering point to sell their materials and spend their earnings, while Yang Tianyou entered a shop specializing in resources contaminated by Devil Qi.

Yang Tianyou explored the devil stone trade, bought resources to strengthen himself, and joined his squad as they divided their spoils and new treasures. After he stored an Origin-infused broken sword in Great White Grotto Heaven, its rules absorbed it and expanded the Grotto Heaven, leaving Yang Tianyou wondering whether he could now contend with a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.

• Yang Tianyou purified a devil stone at Xiuyuan Trading House, then met Daoist Linhai and secured introductions and information about the devil stone trade.
• Yang Tianyou bought corpses of Gods and Devils, Spirit Treasure materials, and other resources before returning to the squad’s rooms.
• Long Kuang shared dragon meat with Yang Tianyou, and Jie Yuan joined them as the rest of the squad returned.
• Hong Ya reported that their supplies had sold for 180 million Extreme Spirit and distributed Ninth-Tier Forbidden Artifacts, Talismans, Pills, and Origin objects among the squad.
• Yang Tianyou stored a Geng Metal-infused broken sword in Great White Grotto Heaven, whose rules consumed it and drew in Origin Power, expanding the Grotto Heaven to five hundred li in diameter.

Hongya Squad reunited with Yan Ju’s squad and fought alongside them for ten years before being ambushed by the Obscuring Light Devil squad that had killed Chi Heng. Hong Ya’s team held a defensive formation and tried to stall until Yan Ju’s squad arrived.

• Hong Ya said his comprehension of Principles had improved, though he still needed to master a Divine Ability before attempting Tribulation Transcendence.
• Hong Ya and Yan Ju agreed to keep their squads thirty thousand li apart as they searched Hidden Star Lake together.
• Over ten years, the squads repeatedly aided each other and grew closer.
• Ta Yi led the Obscuring Light Devils aboard Nilu to attack Hongya Squad, using a devouring force to expose and destroy their Flying Boat.
• Jie Yuan recognized Ta Yi’s squad as the devils who had killed Chi Heng and warned Yang Tianyou about their power.
• Hong Ya led his squad into a defensive formation and engaged the devils while they waited for Yan Ju’s squad to arrive.

The Hongya Squad struggled against Ta Yi and the Obscuring Light Devils until Yan Ju's squad arrived with a powerful formation, shifting the battle. Yang Tianyou then faced Lingjiao alone and unleashed his Life-and-Death Blade before tossing out the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Burning Furnace, leaving Lingjiao's fate unresolved.

• Ta Yi tried to swallow Hong Ya, but Hong Ya used a Forbidden Artifact bell to destabilize the black hole, allowing Red Hawk's formation to destroy it.
• The Hongya Squad used its trump cards to withstand the Devils until Yan Ju's squad arrived aboard a Flying Boat and attacked with the Inverted Five-Elements Annihilation Formation.
• Yan Ju and his brothers engaged several powerful Devils, while Yang Tianyou volunteered to face Lingjiao alone.
• Yang Tianyou unleashed his full strength and struck with the Life-and-Death Blade, manifesting a vast wheel that trapped Lingjiao and forced him to resist.
• When Lingjiao tried to swallow the wheel with a black hole, Yang Tianyou summoned the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Burning Furnace and threw it at him.

Yang Tianyou used the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Burning Furnace to help defeat the Obscuring Light Devils and avenge Chi Heng, then celebrated with the Hongya and Yan Ju squads. After the squads divided the spoils and parted ways, another fifty years passed.

• Yang Tianyou unleashed the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Burning Furnace, while Jie Yuan used a black pill to create a poisonous duplicate that weakened Ta Yi.
• Yang Tianyou and his allies overwhelmed the Obscuring Light Devils, killed Ta Yi and the other devils, and destroyed the resisting Biological Flying Boat.
• Hong Ya led the injured survivors and the Yan Ju Squad away aboard a new Flying Boat.
• The two squads shared wine to celebrate avenging Chi Heng and praised Yang Tianyou for revealing his High-Grade Spirit Treasure.
• The squads divided the spoils, then parted ways under their earlier agreement as another fifty years passed.

Yang Tianyou broke through his Blade Dao while fighting the God Race and led the Hongya Squad to victory. After bidding farewell to the squad, he set off alone for Black Abyss Island.

• The Creation God Race sent half its elite guards to target Yang Tianyou, but he unleashed five Blade Dao abilities and broke through his Blade Dao Principle.
• Yang Tianyou used the Nine-Dragon Heaven-Burning Furnace and his newly strengthened Blade Dao to kill the three Creation God Race leaders and destroy the puppet army.
• Yang Tianyou told the Hongya Squad he would leave now that his Blade Dao had broken through, and Red Hawk and Hong Ya accepted his decision.
• Half a month later, Yang Tianyou left the squad and headed for Black Abyss Island.

Yang Tianyou used the Heaven-Searching Earth-Tracking Instrument to choose the Iron Wing Mountain Range as his next destination and experimented with using Primordial Power to strengthen Shen Yi’s bloodline. After providing Shen Yi with twelve million wisps of Primordial Power, Yang Tianyou arrived at the mountain range, where he planned to explore for a long time.

• Yang Tianyou surveyed Black Abyss Island with the Heaven-Searching Earth-Tracking Instrument and chose the Iron Wing Mountain Range.
• Yang Tianyou asked Shen Yi about Puppet production and learned that stronger bloodlines would let him create Puppets faster and potentially cultivate God Envoy-level Puppets.
• Yang Tianyou tested Primordial Power on Shen Yi, whose bloodline responded eagerly to the energy.
• Yang Tianyou gave Shen Yi twelve million wisps of Primordial Power to raise his bloodline to the Royal Clan level.
• Yang Tianyou traveled for three days and reached the Iron Wing Mountain Range.